PSIRF Risk Register and Risk Management Plan: Free tool to help you transition

Summary

NHS England is introducing a new approach to investigating patient safety incidents, called the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).

To help organisations develop their plans and transition to this new way of working, Patient Safety Learning has published a template PSIRF Risk Register and Risk Management Plan.

Content

PSIRF is a significant organisational and culture change programme and organisations need to produce certain documents to show how they are implementing it locally.

This includes a Board-approved Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP), outlining their patient safety priorities and how they will adopt the new tools and methods for:

• incident review
• staff engagement and training,
• patient and family engagement 
• culture change.

To ensure patient safety is at the heart of these implementation plans, they will need to be informed by a risk assessment.

PSIRF Risk Register and Risk Management Plan

Last year, working with members of the Patient Safety Management Network and others, Patient Safety Learning developed a PSIRF Risk Register and Risk Management Plan.

This has been used to support members of the network as they transition to PSIRF.

We have now published an updated version, here on our patient safety platform – the hub, free and available to anyone. It’s a generic risk assessment and has been shared in a format that allows organisations to adapt to meet their local circumstances and priorities. 

This tool is designed to help leaders in the NHS and independent sector implement PSIRF safely.

You can download this by opening the attachment on this page.

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If you would like to join our global online community of people passionate about patient safety, please sign up to the hub here. It’s free and easy to do.

If you would like to join the Patient Safety Management Network or another safety-focused network, tick the relevant box when you register for the hub.

Our blog 7 reasons to join the hub will give you a flavour of our how becoming a member could benefit you.  

Share your views

Are you involved in the implementation of PSIRF?

• How has the process been?
• What has helped you to transition?
• What tools would help you moving forward?
• What do you think of the tools shared here by Patient Safety Learning?

Share your thoughts and experiences by commenting below (you’ll need to sign up first for free), or by getting in touch with us at [email protected].

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